Why do I identify with my body and ego, and what prevents me from seeing through the eyes of other beings?
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"Your identification with the body and ego is a veil that obscures the universal consciousness; only through meditation can you dissolve this illusion and truly see through the eyes of others."
According to Osho, you identify with body and ego because persistent desires condense awareness into a private center, so the “last thought” keeps reasserting itself, life to life. Consciousness is universal, but unless it becomes lived experience through meditation, it remains a concept—hence you can’t see from others’ eyes. In authentic absorption, as with Ramakrishna, body, illness, and otherness vanish.
Your cravings make you feel like a separate body; only by directly tasting shared awareness in meditation do the walls drop and others feel like you.
Why this matters practically
- Watch your last thought before sleep to reveal attachments shaping your identity.
- Meditate to turn universal consciousness from idea into experience, easing ego-driven suffering.
- Loosen cravings to grow empathy and dissolve the sense of separation in relationships.
- Meditate to turn universal consciousness from idea into experience, easing ego-driven suffering.
- Loosen cravings to grow empathy and dissolve the sense of separation in relationships.
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